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Nikki Matheson

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May 7, 1996, 3:00:00 AM5/7/96
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A little info on St Chartier 11-14 July this year:
Artists will be Altan, Tri Yann (14 July), Carthy:Waterson, Wood
& Cutting, and an interesting night on the 13th "carte blanche à
Gabriel Yacoub" where he will perform with his group and guests:
Carthy:Waterson, Paul Brady, the original Kolinda, Elie Achkar
Ensemble (Lebanese kanun), and some surprise guests as well.
Info should be found in various magazines soon.

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Nikki Matheson

Andy Howell

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May 7, 1996, 3:00:00 AM5/7/96
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In article <4mnbsv$ign$1...@mhade.production.compuserve.com>, Nikki Matheson

<mailto:10167...@CompuServe.COM> wrote:
>
> A little info on St Chartier 11-14 July this year:
> Artists will be Altan, Tri Yann (14 July), Carthy:Waterson, Wood
> & Cutting, and an interesting night on the 13th "carte blanche =E0
> Gabriel Yacoub" where he will perform with his group and guests:
> Carthy:Waterson, Paul Brady, the original Kolinda, Elie Achkar
> Ensemble (Lebanese kanun), and some surprise guests as well.
> Info should be found in various magazines soon.
>

Superb. If you like France, are a musician and like the musicians listed
above then this is the festival for you. A brilliant location, superb
hospitality, good weather (nearly always) and superb value for money.

I shall be there this year. Anyone else intending to go?

--
Andy Howell
Birmingham, UK


Pete Hughes

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May 8, 1996, 3:00:00 AM5/8/96
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Nikki Matheson wrote:
<info on Festival at St.Chartier>

Shhhhhhh... Don't tell anybody about it. It's getting too popular
as it is!

Peter.

Andy Howell

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May 8, 1996, 3:00:00 AM5/8/96
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In article <3190487A...@cartoon.bt.co.uk>, Pete Hughes


:-)

What kind of effect has this had on the toilets in recent years?

Pete Hughes

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May 9, 1996, 3:00:00 AM5/9/96
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Andy Howell wrote:
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> What kind of effect has this had on the toilets in recent years?
>
> --
> Andy Howell
> Birmingham, UK

Well they've built a toilet block by the village square to stop late
nighers using the nearby gardens, the campsites still use the portable
tin shack squat jobs which flush straight into the river, but they
supplement them with chemical portaloo things.

It puzzles me how the river, which is small and doesn't flow much in
the summer, copes with the produce of several thousand people.

It's still not a good plan to get the chytz!

Peter.

Bob Thomas

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May 9, 1996, 3:00:00 AM5/9/96
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Nikki Matheson <10167...@CompuServe.COM> wrote:
>A little info on St Chartier 11-14 July this year:
>Artists will be Altan, Tri Yann (14 July), Carthy:Waterson, Wood
>& Cutting, and an interesting night on the 13th "carte blanche à
>Gabriel Yacoub" where he will perform with his group and guests:
>Carthy:Waterson, Paul Brady, the original Kolinda, Elie Achkar
>Ensemble (Lebanese kanun), and some surprise guests as well.
>Info should be found in various magazines soon.
>
>--
>Nikki Matheson

Andy Howell

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May 10, 1996, 3:00:00 AM5/10/96
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In article <31919BDE...@cartoon.bt.co.uk>, Pete Hughes
<mailto:hug...@cartoon.bt.co.uk> wrote:

> Well they've built a toilet block by the village square to stop late
> nighers using the nearby gardens, the campsites still use the portable
> tin shack squat jobs which flush straight into the river, but they
> supplement them with chemical portaloo things.

Funny I was there in August and I didn't notice that.

>
> It puzzles me how the river, which is small and doesn't flow much in
> the summer, copes with the produce of several thousand people.


The rivers in the Indre are amongst some of the most polluted in France -
something to do with the farmers.

A couple of summers ago I stopped off in La Chatre for a few days and
remember seeing a display of work by school children in St Chartier which
was all about how dead their rivers were. A great shame.

BTW, La Chatre in August is brilliant. I often stop at the campsite for a
few days en route down south. Never anybody around for miles. And there is
that superb dam and water centre a few miles to the east.

Fiona Frank

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May 29, 1996, 3:00:00 AM5/29/96
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Is anyone going to St-Chartiers and/or Gennetines (the dance fest. the
following week) with a 14 year old who would like to earn some money
looking after our 4 year old occasionally? Please let me know!


Fiona Frank

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May 29, 1996, 3:00:00 AM5/29/96
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Is anyone going with an older child who would like to earn some money
playing with/looking after our 4 year old for part of the time? Replies
gratefully received by F.F...@Lancaster.ac.uk

Thanks! (Also Gennetines, dance festival the following week...)


Fiona Frank

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May 29, 1996, 3:00:00 AM5/29/96
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Sorry I sent the same message twice (about babysitting at St Chartiers) -
I've only just figured out how to do it. And thanks for duplicating it
on all the other newsgroups.... What I'm asking now is if anyone has
room for one-and-a-half people travelling from Austria (Linz or Steyr to
be precise, but anywhere will do) to St Chartiers - any time in the week
preceding the festival. Thanks!

Fiona Frank


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